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Wassenaar Campus — To commemorate the 83th anniversary of the Indonesian Youth Pledge Day (Hari Sumpah Pemuda), SIN Wassenaar held an event dubbed as the “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Exhibition” on 28 October 2011. This exhibition is attended by the parents and guardians, Dharma Wanita Persatuan of Indonesian Embassy, and the representatives of partner schools (e.g., International School of The Hague and the Candea College). A news coverage of the event by detik.com is linked here.

The programme was commenced with the presentation of Indonesian culture by 6 couples of SIN Wassenaar’s students wearing traditioanl costumes representing 6 main Indonesian islands, namely Sumatera, Jawa, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua. The presentation exposed and promoted the cultural heritage, such as tourist resorts, art and dances, food, etc. of the islands. It was then followed by the reciting of the Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda Declaration), poetry reading, and singing the national anthem, Indonesia Raya, and the serving of Indonesian traditional dish, tumpeng rice. Those all symbolized the rich of Indonesian culture, nature and ethnics, which are firmly united under the “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika”, the motto of Indonesia, which approximately means “Unity in Diversity”.

Mr. Umar Hadi, Indonesian chargé d’affaires at interim appreciated it very much as he addressed the attendees, that SIN Wassenaar had been able to organise such tremendous event successfully as well as supporting our government to promote Indonesia to the international world. He also explained the history of Sumpah Pemuda to the audience.

This event is also intended for the inauguration of “Kartini Bloemen Project” performed by Mr. Umar Hadi and Mrs. Nila Hadi. This project is supported by the Indonesia Embassy in the Hague by providing a large number of tulip bulbs as well as the fertilizers.

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Wassenaar Campus — On Tuesday morning, 25 October 2011, SIN Wassenaar received a delegation from the P2TK of the Primary Education Directorate of the Ministry of National Education (has been recently restored to the Ministry of Education and Culture). The delegation was welcomed by Ms. Arbayah Kumalawati, our Director, and accompanied by Mr. Ramon Mohandas, Attaché of Education at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague.

Led by Prof. Baedhowi, the delegation members consisted of Mr. Harlan (Subdit Program, P2TK), Ms. Haryati (Subdit Program, P2TK), Ms. Rostina (Subdit Program, P2TK), Ms. Rosprita, and Mr. Aditya (Subdit Program, P2TK).

The mission of this visit was to socialise the up-dated policies on the capacity building of teachers, school directors, and education supervisors. Presentations and discussions were held in the teachers’ room.

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Wassenaar Campus — War would surely negatively affect the whole life of the people who underwent it. The psychological scars of wars are usually felt more severely when the person caught in the conflict was underage. Mr. Jaap ter Marsch has personally experienced this kind of trauma almost his whole life. SIN Wassenaar welcomed Mr. Ter Marsch as the guest speaker to share his experience at our school, 12 October 2011.

At the beginning of the Second World War in Asia-Pacific, he was 2 when he and his mother were put in the Japanese camp in Cideng, Jakarta. He grew up in the overpopulated open-air prison with thousands of women and children. His father was detained in another camp which was established for men and had to work for the Japanese as forced labours.

During this studium generale, Mr. Ter Marsch told his stories, the sufferings in the camp, and how his family reunited after the war, and how the experience affected his life physically and emotionally, day by day haunted by the horror of the war. With the theme of “Kleuter in een oorlog” (“A toddler in a war”), he combined his lecture with original pictures and mementos of the past, and interspaced by discussions  with the students and teachers from 4 schools: Indonesian Schools in The Netherlands, SMAN 1 Bekasi, SMAN 1 Tarakan, and SMAN 1 Pinrang.

Mr. Ter Marsch concluded that we, and especially the younger generation, should prevent and end the war because the “war never retires” for those who involved in it.

This studium generale was organised in cooperation the the Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork, The Netherlands. It was very meaningful and important for our students and teachers.

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Wassenaar Campus — Tuesday morning, 11 October 2011 SIN Wassenaar welcomed the delegations of the Education Human Resources Development and Quality Assurance Agency (BPSDM & PMP), Centre of Education Professional Development, Ministry of National Education, and the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI). The first category was led by Ms. Unifah Rasyidi, and the latter was by Mr. Sulistiyo (PGRI’s Chairman). Accompanied by our Attaché of Education, Mr. Ramon Mohandas, it consisted of 12 delegates.

Inspection, classroom visit, and sharing/discussion forum were organised between the delegates and the school community, which focusing on future development of teachers competence. Exchanges of souvenirs were also held at the end.